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Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.
punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See
{Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.]
1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,
esp. the sharp end of a piercinginstrument, as a needle
or a pin.
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2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle
used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;
also, a pointedcutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;
-- called also {pointer}.
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3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined
termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a
tract of land extending into the water beyond the common
shore line.
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4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,
as a needle; a prick.
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26. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one
end with vaccine matter; -- called also {vaccine point}.
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27. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of
printing and writing for the blind. The first practical
system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and
still used in Europe (see {Braille}). Two modifications
of this are current in the United States:

{At point}, {In point}, {At the point}, {In the point}, or
{On the point}, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see
{About}, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on
the point of speaking. ``In point to fall down.''
--Chaucer. ``Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been
taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on
his side.'' --Milton.

{Vowel point}, in Arabic, Hebrew, and certain other Eastern
and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the
consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or
vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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